inverted

Turned upside down

Inverted means turned upside down, reversed, or placed in the opposite position or order.

An inverted image appears flipped.

Inverted commas is the British term for quotation marks.

In grammar, inverted word order puts the verb before the subject: Never have I seen such a thing.

Something inverted has been flipped from its usual orientation.

sensename

upside-down

Reversed in vertical orientation

  • flippedReversed position suddenly
  • reversedFlipped to opposite orientation
  • turnedRotated or changed direction

overturned · topsy-turvy · upended · capsized · bottom-up · head-over-heels · somersault · handstand · hanging · suspended

optical

image

Visual or mental likeness

  • lensLight-focusing curved glass
  • cameraImage capturing device
  • retinaLight-sensing tissue layer

eye · projection · pinhole · concave · convex · photography · microscope · telescope · mirror · reflection

musical

chord

Notes sounded simultaneously

arrangement · counterpoint · orchestration · spacing · register · soprano · tenor · reharmonization · jazz · classical

grammatical

sentence

Complete thought, grammatically

verb · question · interrogative · auxiliary · emphasis · conditional · subjunctive · stylistic · literary · poetic

financial

bond

Binding tie or connection

short-term · long-term · treasury · indicator · economics · market · bearish · forecast · monetary · Fed

sugar

syrup

Thick sugar liquid

confectionery · candy · baking · fondant · crystallization · moisture · sweetener · honey · preservative · humidity

Categories
Opposites
physical orientation

invertedupright

Vertical or morally sound

right-side up · upstanding · erect · righted · vertical

order/sequence

invertednormal

Conforming to standard

standard · original · conventional · forward · sequential

logical/musical transformation

invertedoriginal

First or inventive

prime · untransformed · basic · fundamental · unaltered

Phrases
Family

invert, inverts, inverting, invertible, inverted commas

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G